Global IssuesAnnouncement of new and updated content on the globalissues.org web site. GlobalIssues.org is a web site attempting to look at various global issues to show they are inter-related.Please support the globalissues.org web site- December 30, 2006 For over 8 years, this site has been free from advertisements, funded from my own pocket, and worked on in spare time only. Previous donation offers have been declined. After such a long time, as of January 2007, I have decided to accept donations to help me take this site further. If you have found the information on this web site useful, and you are able to, your kind donation will help me afford more time on the site, pay for running costs, and for research materials. If you prefer, you can..http://www.globalissues.org/donate/ Polar bear numbers are declining- December 30, 2006 The declining number of polar bears has led an international conservation organization to put it on a threatened species risk, while the Bush Administration ponders whether to list them as threatened under USs own Endangered Species Act. Also, a particular species of penguin has crashed in numbers in recent years. A map showing tiger population distributions has also been added.http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/Nature.asp Globalissues.org banner and sample HTML- December 10, 2006 A number of people this month asked for sample HTML to accompany the banners on the site so they can put it on their sites and link to it using a banner. Sample HTML code is therefore now provided if you wish to use it.http://www.globalissues.org/about/thesite/ AIDS claimed an estimated 2.9 million lives in 2006- December 3, 2006 Worldwide for 2006, there were an estimated 39.5 million living with HIV; 4.3 million new infections of HIV; and 2.9 million deaths from AIDS. The vast majority of these were in Sub-Saharan Africa (some two thirds of all HIV cases and over 80% of AIDS deaths).http://www.globalissues.org/health/aids/ |